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Fewer Harvard faculty members identifying as liberal, although staff still strongly left-leaning: Survey
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A new survey from The Harvard Crimson found that the majority of Harvard University faculty in the arts and sciences department identify as liberal, although less so than in recent years.
“Roughly 63 percent of Harvard faculty who responded to The Crimson’s annual survey of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences [FAS] identify as liberal — continuing a steady decline in the percentage of survey respondents who say their political beliefs lean to the left,” The Harvard Crimson reported Wednesday.
The Crimson, a campus student newspaper, found that in 2025, about 29% of respondents said they were “very liberal,” and 34% said they were “somewhat liberal.”
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Harvard University’s faculty members in the arts and sciences continue to lean left. (Getty Images)
The number of “very liberal” faculty has grown since 2024, when 22% identified as “very liberal” and 48% as “somewhat liberal.” But the 63% figure was lower than the 70% who identified as liberal in 2024 and continued a recent trend. In 2023, more than 75% identified as liberal, and in 2022, more than 82% did.
In 2024, no faculty in the arts and sciences reported being “very conservative,” but in 2025, 1% of faculty in the arts and sciences said they were “very conservative.”
The survey, which was open from April 23 to May 12, was sent to over “1,400 faculty members, including both tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty, with names collected from the FAS’ public masthead. Faculty were asked about demographic information, politics, and campus issues,” receiving 406 responses.
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The survey was given to over 1,400 faculty members by the student newspaper. (iStock)
The.piece quoted a Harvard Crimson op-ed from government professor Harvey C. Mansfield, who said that the Ivy League should have more diversity of thought.
“Harvard needs conservative faculty to improve the quality of what is commonly heard and thought, to expand the range of its moral and political opinion, and to help restore demanding academic standards of grading,” Mansfield wrote in March. “All in all, to achieve nonpartisanship, Harvard first must achieve bipartisanship.”
The Harvard Crimson also asked professors if the school should try to hire more conservatives.
Only 8% said that they “strongly agree” that “Harvard should make a concerted effort to hire more conservative faculty,” 15% said they “somewhat agree,” 20% said they “neither agree nor disagree,” 23% said they “somewhat disagree,” and 34% said they “strongly disagree.”
In 2024, no faculty in Harvard’s arts and sciences reported being “very conservative,” but in 2025, 1% of faculty in the arts and sciences said they were “very conservative.” (Jeff Pachoud/AFP via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Harvard for comment but did not immediately receive a response.
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The Vermont Housing Finance Agency Board of Commissioners has awarded tax credits that will generate $28 million for developing 241 apartments, according to a community announcement.
The homes will serve low-income renters in seven communities across the state, according to the announcement.
Awards of federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits and state rental tax credits come as development costs and the demand for more affordable housing rise, according to the announcement. Since 2020, the cost to develop an affordable apartment and the number of Vermonters experiencing homelessness have both doubled, according to the announcement.
Competition for tax credits among developers is strong and the criteria for awards is rigorous, according to the announcement.
Three projects will receive $26 million for development costs.
- Highgate Village Housing in Highgate will create 30 apartments. Construction will begin in June 2027 with move-in starting in August 2028. The developer is Cathedral Square Corporation.
- Champlain Housing Trust and Evernorth are developing the Park Street Apartments in Winooski, which will have 24 units. The site is considered a brownfield and will be cleaned to state standards prior to construction. Occupancy is estimated for 2028.
- Twin Pines Housing Trust and Evernorth are developing the Sykes Mountain Apartments in White River Junction, which will have 48 units. Move-in is expected in December 2027.
Four additional development projects will receive an estimated $1.9 million from a state rental tax credit program for development costs.
- Cornerstone Housing Partners and Evernorth are working on the Arlington Village Center, which will have 30 apartments. The project involves the preservation and rehabilitation of 29 existing apartments and the construction of one new apartment across 11 buildings.
- RuralEdge and Evernorth are rehabilitating the Caledonia Renaissance Apartments in St. Johnsbury, which will have 18 units. The project will preserve 18 affordable apartments across five buildings.
- Cathedral Square Corporation and Evernorth are working on the Round Barn project in Grand Isle, which will have 24 units. The project involves the rehabilitation and construction of 24 apartments for aging people in two buildings.
- Jonathan Rose, Ride Your Bike and Champlain Housing Trust are developing the Ride Your Bike Building in Burlington, which will have 67 units. The project is part of a larger 240-plus housing development and is the first phase of a master plan for a currently underutilized parking lot.
This story was created with the assistance of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Journalists were involved in every step of the information gathering, review, editing and publishing process. Learn more at cm.usatoday.com/ethical-conduct.
Boston police, federal agents and the National Park Service are investigating an incident involving a fire behind the historic African Meeting House, a landmark that is part of Boston’s Museum of African American History.
The National Park Service said it responded to the African Meeting House during the early morning hours of June 3 after an unidentified person was seen on surveillance video opening a package that had been left outside the building. Authorities said the individual removed some of the contents and burned several items in a small alley behind the structure.
Officials said there are no early indications the incident was an attempt to set fire to the building itself, but the case remains under active investigation.
The African Meeting House, built in 1806 on Beacon Hill, is recognized as the nation’s oldest surviving Black church building and is a National Historic Landmark.
“This has been a distressing situation, and quite sobering,” museum President and CEO Noelle Trent said.
Trent said the package contained materials intended for upcoming Juneteenth celebrations. According to the museum, the person scattered and burned some of the contents behind the building.
Outside the Museum of African American History, where a package fire was reported early Wednesday, June 4, 2026.
“A small ember would be devastating, not only for this building but also for the community around us,” Trent said.
Investigators from the Boston Police Department, the Boston Fire Department’s Arson Unit and federal authorities are working to determine a motive.
Trent said the incident is particularly concerning because of the building’s historical significance.
“We do not have many buildings like this in the country, so we are a physical marker and a reminder of the community and what happened here,” she said. “If this goes, there’s nothing else like it anywhere else in the world.”
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Mayor Michelle Wu also highlighted the importance of the African Meeting House and said the Civil Rights Division of the Boston Police Department is investigating.
“At a time of unrelenting attacks on Black history and Black communities, the Museum of African American History in Boston stands as a pillar of truth and conscience for our city and our country,” Wu said in a statement. “The African Meeting House — the oldest standing Black church in the United States — continues to be a home for important community convenings to this day. This disturbing incident of suspected arson is under investigation by the Boston Police Department’s Civil Rights Division, and hateful acts of violence will never be tolerated in Boston. The City of Boston stands firmly with Dr. Trent and the entire MAAH team, and we will not be intimidated in our work to make Boston a home for everyone.”
No injuries were reported. Authorities said additional information will be released as the investigation continues.
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